Tom's Midnight Garden 65th Anniversary Edition

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by Pearce, Philippa | Children's, Teenage & educational Published 05/10/2023 by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United Kingdom Paperback | 248 pages197 x 128 x 18mm | 276gCelebratin g 65 years of one of the most popular children's stories ever written, this anniversary edition of Philippa Pearce's best-loved classic will enchant readers everywhere. When Tom is sent to stay at his aunt and uncle's house for the summer, he resigns himself to endless weeks of boredom. Lying awake at night, he hears the old grandfather clock downstairs strike . . . eleven . . . twelve . . . thirteen . . . Thirteen! How strange! When Tom gets up to investigate, he discovers a magical garden. A garden that everyone told him doesn't exist. A garden that only he can enter . . .In this enchanted thirteenth hour, the garden comes alive-but Tom is never sure whether the children he meets there are real or ghosts . . . This magical story is one of the best-loved children's books of all time. Show more